Fort Wayne Post Office and Local News Summary
A jumble of notices from Fort Wayne and nearby towns covers postal rates, local church confirmations, and various community notes. It references subscription costs, a commencement address on Decoration Day, Bishop Alerding administering confirmations, Lafayette church events, and local ball teams with mixed success against South Bend and Grand Rapids. Also mentioned are Postmaster General Hitchcock’s cost-saving mail transport proposals and political agitation around IOOF Ohio leadership amid bribery indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alerding
Indiana politics and tariff debates cloud 1910 outlook
A compiled digest notes Indiana discussions on tariff reductions, government graft, street and road upkeep, and the prospects of Democratic and Republican candidates for governor and Congress. It highlights editorials urging street improvements, critiques of customs policy, and forecasting party strength based on past elections and current public sentiment.
Congressman's Leaks Highlight Treasury Port Costs
Indiana Representative Gline urges shut down of ports not supporting themselves after two consecutive years. The Treasury report lists 41 ports with total receipts of 705,519.23 for year ending June 30, 1910, while costs to collect reached 155,186.07, showing high per-dollar costs at various ports across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Administration
Br. Cline
Euverarment Shold
Ross
Jose Sense
Indiana
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Annials
Cafecr
Apalachiacola
Fia
Beaufort
United States Treasury
Eastern
Hartford
Conn
Nachez
Miss
Sag Harbor
Oregon
Coos Bay
Clinton and Harrison Streets Open for the City
An interested citizen urges the city to open Clinton and Harrison streets by force if needed. He argues railroads control the decision, cites plans for a passenger station and a freight depot, and asks the Public Works Board to declare the opening final and proceed immediately. He contends citizens would support Clinton and Harrison as the logical choice for current and future welfare.
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Harrison
Clinton Streets
Qinton
Herrigan Street
Harrison Street
Piper
Fore
Wayne
Clinton and
Common Council
Herrison
Clinton
Newton Gilbert An American Soldier Reported In Hoboken
A telegram from Newton W. Gilpert to his brother Newton Gilbert notes he has landed in Hoboken New Jersey and plans to travel to Canton and Fort Wayne to visit relatives. The message mentions Dir Gilbert as vice governor general of the Philippine Islands.
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Guy Gilbert
The
Wildwood Bunters Co
Newton W. Gilpert
Hoboken
N. J
Ciusning
Fort Wayne
Gilbert
Philippine Folanda
Laws of the Last Legislature and What They Mean
A summary of Indiana's 1911 legislative record highlights Democrat accomplishments. It lists enacted measures across protection and public welfare, labor, safety, and commerce, noting rail, insurance, and railroad reforms, worker protections, and state oversight, framed as a defense of the era's legislative output.
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Indiana
Assembly
Thesesalan
Ebor
Court News Signals County Ditch and Court Transfers
The county commissioners created the Jones ditch in Perry township and set a hearing on Battenburg stone road for Tuesday June 27. Cases shifting venues include Ciiffton Snyder vs Leroy Blackburn to Wells retreat court, Chicago House Wrecking Co. transfer from superior to circuit court, and Von Kahlden vs Vesey et al. judgment for $46 to Frederick Roembke vs George Payser. Several divorces and custody actions appear in circuit and superior courts with multiple Fort Wayne and Allen County parties listed.
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Jones Ditch
Perry Township
Battenburg Stone
Ciiffton Snyder
Leroy Blackburn
Superior
Wells Retreatt Court
Chicago House Wrecking Company
William SK. Noble
von Kahlden
Vesey
Frederick Roembke
George Payser
Ivan Gay Kahreman
George Kahreman
Tha Hoeppner
Henry Besnacon
CG. W. Kuhne
Wiber TL. Vandine
Isaac Well
Vandine
William Fruechtenich
Np Superior Court
Agins
Mies
Arthur Mites
W. . Ryan
Superior Court
Fleming invited to speak at WCTU July 4 celebration
The Fort Wayne WCTU invited Senator Stephen B. Fleming, president of Herghot Brewery and critic of the Proctor law, to address their July 4 celebration. The Decatur Herald notes the event and calls for a clear report on how Fleming represents women and men, urging accountability to all taxpayers and citizens.
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W. C.D
Fort Wayne
Steve Fleming
Herghot
Fleming
Aga
Plemias
Mauer Jan Ough
Decatur Herald
Stephen B. Fleming
Herald
Indianapolis
Allen County
C.T. Mra
Hunter
Fress
Northern Indiana educators on state program meeting agenda
County Superintendent Henry Felger will attend the sixty fifth annual meeting of the Indiana county Superintendents Association at the state house in Indianapolis on June 27 28. Dr Lydia Leagure Auburn superintendent of DeKalb county schools and the first woman to hold a top position in Indiana will speak on The Care of the Child. A Huyette Bluffton will discuss conducting the County Institute. Speakers include John F Baines Noblesville on the work of the county superintendent and experience after three weeks. Leland Shuck North Vernon Prof J Christie Purdue on Agriculture in public schools. A Tutterson Washington on seventh and eighth grade history. Madge Adglaire Sir Baylor state superintendent's office on improving English. Doin J Holiman deputy state superintendent with a statistical report and Charles A Greathouse superintendent addressing the afternoon session.
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Henry Felger
Indiana County Superintendents’ Association
State House
Indianapolis
Wenessay
Lydia Leagure
Auburn
DeKalb County
Indiana
Ant
A&i Huyette
Bluffton
John. F. “Baines
Noblesville
Leland Shuck
North Vernon
J. Christie
Purdue University
Washington
Ind
Baylor
Ofice
Doin J. Holiman
Charles A. Greathouse
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House of
Boling
Bohne & Bro
Calhoun St
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Associated Press
Journal-Gazette Company
Clinton Strest
Fort Wayne Journal
Fort Wayne Gazette
Tr. Cerson
Corsen Banco
Grand Rapids
Hitchcock
Seneral
Huffman
Independent Order of God Fellows of
Ohio
Grand Lodge
Huftman
Bus
American Steel and Iron Institute
EH. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Brussels
Duaing
Brown University
Naget
Department of Commerce and Labor
Senagare
the &i
Evansville
Taft
Marshall
Vanderburg
Élestion Teturnis
Teir
Congressman Cline
the Hatter
Clinton and Harrison
Newton Gilbert
Aaa
Rairoad
Creer
State Railroad Commission
Benet
Purdue Agricultural School
Belding Talirgads
Court News
Fred
Kuckuck
Bertha Freese
Bernard J. Bilch
Erma P. Hueber
Michael ‘J. Shea
Clara D. Muller
Edward H. Miller
Emma Lena Lizzette Rake
Mathias F. Kramer
Ida OC. Bhuger
Harry A. Horn
Volusin
Fla
Edith H. Wolf
Frank J. McGuire
Lueila L. Koki
Fort Warne
Martin &. Baral
Frelda Mario Bergholm
Antrence
A. Anderdon
Lilian C. Souter
John F. Baker
Hazel Driver
Monroeville
Sen. Fleming
Northern
Educators
S.S.S
S. S
Atlanta
AMES
Benall
Dresden
Rurode Dry Goods Co
Scalhoun Street
Eom
Ucia
Studebaker
City Carriage Works
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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